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fema comes in to support. unfortunately i think expectations of what fema does put them at an unfair advantage. they say, fema is here, we're safe. we're going to be able to deal with this. then they come give you an 8 hundred number. they want to do the most they can but community relations people can't too much for you other than answer questions and give you an 800 number. >> it's amazing. i get that. there are a lot of people who can't get out or their homes hod these volunteers, these citizen volunteers, whatever the failing of the government agencies, fema or the rest, these are people who are really doing the lord's work and knocking on the door, grandma, are you okay? grandma, are you hungry? i've seep it with my own eyes. >> it's unbelievable. that's why the local official comes in. a local councilman organized volunteers. i was in several different areas organizing small groups, going door-to-door, making sure people have food. if they need medical attention, their medication, whatever they need, we
fema comes in to support. unfortunately i think expectations of what fema does put them at an unfair advantage. they say, fema is here, we're safe. we're going to be able to deal with this. then they come give you an 8 hundred number. they want to do the most they can but community relations people can't too much for you other than answer questions and give you an 800 number. >> it's amazing. i get that. there are a lot of people who can't get out or their homes hod these volunteers,...
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the folks at fema have been slept. >> reporter: the fema director looked ahead to next tuesday offering federal assistance, generators and the like to states where polling places might still lack power. mitt romney was in ohio not to talk issues, to collect cans. romney backers brought food for new jersey. >> and i appreciate your generosity. it is part of the american spirit. the american way to give to people who are in need. >> reporter: mr. romney had argued in a primary debate for disaster relief to be shifted to the states. even to nongovernment charities. would he kill fema? no answer today. >> what would you do with people a? why won't you answer any questions? >> reporter: obama's spokesperson says the states are in the best position to direct the assistance. tomorrow, president obama joins high profile republican governor chris christie for a tour of new jersey damage. political opponents brought together by the super storm. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> so far the federal response to sandy has been widely praised. >>> veronica joins us now with numbers on the wind and rain.
the folks at fema have been slept. >> reporter: the fema director looked ahead to next tuesday offering federal assistance, generators and the like to states where polling places might still lack power. mitt romney was in ohio not to talk issues, to collect cans. romney backers brought food for new jersey. >> and i appreciate your generosity. it is part of the american spirit. the american way to give to people who are in need. >> reporter: mr. romney had argued in a primary...
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including fema. >> romney was against fema up until three days aao. now he loves fema. melissa: brad, respond to that. >> we are for accountability. we're for providing service to the people need. >> so am i. >> we agree that is the pub position. the problem with democrats they believe government is the answer to all problems. >> that is not true. melissa: don't get off topic, how do the democrats turn this into votes or can they at this point? >> bottom line is this, good governance is good politics. the president is practicing good governance. he is appearing with governor chris christie who is one much his harshest critics and getting praise from him. that could only translate into good thinks for the president. melissa: brad, is this too little too late. >> too little too state. storm's devastation in very blue states like new jersey and new york which would go to obama anyway. the key battleground states decide the election, good news they weren't as devastated as blue states were. so the fact of the matter i don't think the storm will have much effect on the elect
including fema. >> romney was against fema up until three days aao. now he loves fema. melissa: brad, respond to that. >> we are for accountability. we're for providing service to the people need. >> so am i. >> we agree that is the pub position. the problem with democrats they believe government is the answer to all problems. >> that is not true. melissa: don't get off topic, how do the democrats turn this into votes or can they at this point? >> bottom line...
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the question for you this morning, is fema necessary? fema fever, it's back! everybody has caught it, including new jersey governor, chris christie, who toured the damage along with fema administrator craig fugate and president obama. one man, iowa congressman, steve king, thinks fema has a fever. >> i want to get them the resources that are necessary to lift them out of this water and this sand and the ashes and the death that's over there in the east coast and especially in the northeast. but not one big shot that just opens up the checkbook, because they spent it on gucci bags and massage parlors and everything you can think of in addition to what was necessary. >> congressman king, who is up for re-election, seems to be echoing the sentiments of some of his republican, including senator lynndie graham who said, quote, we can't borrow money every time something goes wropg in america and ron paul who asks, quote, why should people like myself, who not too long ago had a house on a gulf coast, it's expensive, risky and dirngous. why should somebody from the c
the question for you this morning, is fema necessary? fema fever, it's back! everybody has caught it, including new jersey governor, chris christie, who toured the damage along with fema administrator craig fugate and president obama. one man, iowa congressman, steve king, thinks fema has a fever. >> i want to get them the resources that are necessary to lift them out of this water and this sand and the ashes and the death that's over there in the east coast and especially in the...
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entrance to brooklyn battery park tunnel is flooded closed until further notice lower manhattan flooding fema sent national underwater team to drain the downtown area. more than seven million are without power. here's brandi hitt. >> reporter: good afternoon. new york is slowly starting to come back to life. superstorm sandy is living up to all warnings. at least 35 people have been killed. more than eight mill are without power. djg -- million are without power. sandy is leaving death, darkness and flooding as it moves inland. >> oh my gosh. no walls. >> reporter: the storm lost hurricane status monday as it made landfall on the new jersey shore 80 mile per hour winds. sandy had enough strength to flood lower manhattan with 13 foot storm surge and pushed this 700 ton tanker on to a staten island street. new york city subways under several feet of water. >> we've got all our resources to get everything open i am >> reporter: the damage is extensive in new york. a crane collapsed and still dangling 80 stories above streets. >> get on the sidewalk. >> reporter: major hospital was evacuated afte
entrance to brooklyn battery park tunnel is flooded closed until further notice lower manhattan flooding fema sent national underwater team to drain the downtown area. more than seven million are without power. here's brandi hitt. >> reporter: good afternoon. new york is slowly starting to come back to life. superstorm sandy is living up to all warnings. at least 35 people have been killed. more than eight mill are without power. djg -- million are without power. sandy is leaving death,...
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governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> what would you do with fema? what is your response? >> hearing all the questions, no answers from mitt romney today on where he stands on the federal government providing disaster relief through fema. so, let's go to washington, dana bash, who joins me to talk about this here. do me a favor, remind us why this has become such an issue for mitt romney. >> well, brooke, this stems from a cnn debate during the republican primaries and it was in june of 2011, where romney was asked about federal relief. at the time it was about joplin, missouri, just after that was hit in the devastating way by a tornado. romney said he wanted to give the states and even the private sector more power. but he did not propose eliminating fema. listen to what happened. >> fema is about to run out of money and there is some people who say do it on a case by case basis. some people say maybe we're learning a lesson that the states should take on more of this role. >> anytime you have an occasion to take something from the federal governme
governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> what would you do with fema? what is your response? >> hearing all the questions, no answers from mitt romney today on where he stands on the federal government providing disaster relief through fema. so, let's go to washington, dana bash, who joins me to talk about this here. do me a favor, remind us why this has become such an issue for mitt romney. >> well, brooke, this stems from a cnn debate during the...
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entrance to brooklyn battery park tunnel is flooded closed until further notice lower manhattan flooding fema sent national underwater team to drain the downtown area. more than seven million are without power. here's brandi hitt. >> reporter: good afternoon. new york is slowly starting to come back to life. superstorm sandy is living up to all warnings. at least 35 people have been killed. more than eight mill are without power. djg -- million are without power. sandy is leaving death, darkness and flooding as it moves inland. >> oh my gosh. no walls. >> reporter: the storm lost hurricane status monday as it made landfall on the new jersey shore 80 mile per hour winds. sandy had enough strength to flood lower manhattan with 13 foot storm surge and pushed this 700 ton tanker on to a staten island street. new york city subways under several feet of water. >> we've got all our resources to get everything open i am >> reporter: the damage is extensive in new york. a crane collapsed and still dangling 80 stories above streets. >> get on the sidewalk. >> reporter: major hospital was evacuated afte
entrance to brooklyn battery park tunnel is flooded closed until further notice lower manhattan flooding fema sent national underwater team to drain the downtown area. more than seven million are without power. here's brandi hitt. >> reporter: good afternoon. new york is slowly starting to come back to life. superstorm sandy is living up to all warnings. at least 35 people have been killed. more than eight mill are without power. djg -- million are without power. sandy is leaving death,...
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national polls show the commander in chief garnered excellent marks for his response is my reward for even fema i think it was the president. flying overhead. is my man. vote for obama. possible yet the biggest praise of all came from a staunch romney supporter of cooperation for the president i did states has been outstanding the president has been all over this he deserves great credit if you think right now i give a damn about presidential politics that you don't know me looking to also score political points republican candidate mitt romney rebranded his victory rally in ohio into a relief vent for sandy victims. just because. they . are still being very close but while the candidates attempt to feature sandy in their quest for votes her victims are too busy piecing their lives back together below thirty ninth street has become known as the dark side of manhattan hundreds of thousands have been surviving without electricity heat and hot water for more than five days on staten island polling stations are no longer standing voting locations are being moved in parts of new jersey massachusetts
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fema. what is the role of fema? do you pay for fema? fema is expensive. the cost has gone up. we'll talk about that a little bit and we'll talk as well about the election. six days away. what happens to that. ahead this morning. also ahead this morning going to talk a little bit more about the devastation left behind by the storms. take a look at this. airport turns into a lake basically. this is laguardia. laguardia airport. my husband was asking, trying to fly back, he said so when do you think i'm going to be able to fly back into laguardia? i said let me send you a picture from twitter. that will answer it. all that and much more ahead. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> welcome back to "starting point," everyone. gasoline at a real premium in new jersey this morning after the superstorm sandy strike. the asbury park press is printing the names of local gas s
fema. what is the role of fema? do you pay for fema? fema is expensive. the cost has gone up. we'll talk about that a little bit and we'll talk as well about the election. six days away. what happens to that. ahead this morning. also ahead this morning going to talk a little bit more about the devastation left behind by the storms. take a look at this. airport turns into a lake basically. this is laguardia. laguardia airport. my husband was asking, trying to fly back, he said so when do you...
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gerri: fema, hamstrung has a lot of debt, congressman, i hope you come back to and talk to us about it. i certainly hope that your family, and everyone close to you is safe tonight, thank you for your help. >> thank you. gerri: all right meanwhile story goes o8 million people that i talked about earlier who are out of power con edison said power will be restored everywhere in manhattan and brooklyn within 4 days. it could be a week for others like westchester county, there are more than 8 million people most cities are not that beg. -- big with no power, 2 million in new york, pennsylvania with more than a million in the dark, hundreds of thousands without power in connecticut, ohio and massachusets, for more on effort to get lights back on, i am owned by david owens, thank you. appreciate your time, we used the number of 8 million for the region, does that sound right to you. >> 8 million at the peak of the storm is right, but, service has been restored to roughly 20% of the customers, that have been impacted by the storm. effort on part of electric industry. we're bringing in crews f
gerri: fema, hamstrung has a lot of debt, congressman, i hope you come back to and talk to us about it. i certainly hope that your family, and everyone close to you is safe tonight, thank you for your help. >> thank you. gerri: all right meanwhile story goes o8 million people that i talked about earlier who are out of power con edison said power will be restored everywhere in manhattan and brooklyn within 4 days. it could be a week for others like westchester county, there are more than 8...
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you've had with federal officials, i know that the president had said earlier that he felt that the fema officials were in place at the areas where they felt they would need the most help. how confident are you that new york, that brooklyn, that throughout this region there will be enough resources to do what needs to get done? >> well, i know that there's been a lot of focus on new york city as an area that was going to get the brunt and a large portion of the storm. i know that our governor and our mayor have the talks with the president of the united states and he has made it clear that he would do everything that he could possibly do to make sure that we received the type of support we feed to get the city moving once again. the city of new york is not only home to us, but it is also the economic engine of our nation, so i don't think that we'll be overlooked as a resource is put out to get the city moving once again. >> congresswoman yvette clarke on this early tuesday morning, thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >>> now to delaware where officials say the flood damage from sa
you've had with federal officials, i know that the president had said earlier that he felt that the fema officials were in place at the areas where they felt they would need the most help. how confident are you that new york, that brooklyn, that throughout this region there will be enough resources to do what needs to get done? >> well, i know that there's been a lot of focus on new york city as an area that was going to get the brunt and a large portion of the storm. i know that our...
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. >> romney issued a statement in which he said fema place key role during times of disaster. as president i will ensure fema has the funding it need to fulfill its mission while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need because states and localitities are in the best position to get aid. >> the rhetoric between the two candidates have been toned down that wasn't the case for their running mates. vice president biden accused the romney campaign of lying. at a campaign stop paul ryan said the ad was inaccurate. up next on a thursday morning a closer look at some of the damage sandy left behind along the jersey shore. this is the "cbs morning news." one day george got an important letter... he's built a rocket ship to travel into space. it's just the right size for a clever monkey. do you want to go into space, george? you will have to be very brave. hi, grandma! oh hi,. my little monkey! here. thank you very much. you're welcome. everyone got on and they were off to the launching site. google, how far is earth to the moon? moo
. >> romney issued a statement in which he said fema place key role during times of disaster. as president i will ensure fema has the funding it need to fulfill its mission while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need because states and localitities are in the best position to get aid. >> the rhetoric between the two candidates have been toned down that wasn't the case for their running mates. vice president biden accused the...
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. >> reporter: while fema is assessing the damage, people are still without food, the search for bodies under way, and when we talked to 0 senator boxer, she defended the help. the northeast, tonight, the temperature is dropping and people without electricity are slivering. >> 42 years in my home, and i lost it. >> reporter: death toll from sandy is now more than 90, nearly half from the hard hid area of staten island. residents have been screaming for federal assistance. >> please, president obama, please listen to us down here, we are going to die. >> reporter: homeland security secretary janet napolitano toured the destruction this afternoon. >> we want to make sure the right resources are brought here, as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the national guard can now be seen mobilizing supplies, meantime, today in san francisco -- >> romney's record at governor in dealing with disasters has raised doubts. >> reporter: senator boxer pushed for votes, criticizing governor romney. we asked the senator why a delay in relief supplies from fema to staten island. >> all i can say is they are
. >> reporter: while fema is assessing the damage, people are still without food, the search for bodies under way, and when we talked to 0 senator boxer, she defended the help. the northeast, tonight, the temperature is dropping and people without electricity are slivering. >> 42 years in my home, and i lost it. >> reporter: death toll from sandy is now more than 90, nearly half from the hard hid area of staten island. residents have been screaming for federal assistance....
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, getting rid of fema. >> that is particularly a fascinating e.e. you are referring to his comment during one of the republican primary debates when he was asked directly, what would you do about fema? as part of your efforts to shrink the federal government, would you send fema's responsibilities back to the states? his immediate answer was, absolutely. he said, not only would that be a good idea, but possibly you would even turn it over to the private sector. raising ee prospect, what i called in the article, sort of pay as you go rooftop rescue program. where if you had the money, you could be rescued from your flooded house. if you did not, well, too bad. which i think is something that would really be abhorrent to most americans. the time when you really want and appreciates big government, as it is sometimes derided, we need to see the national guard, need to see help coming from the federal government, is when there is an all-out disaster. and the idea that you would reflexively say, shut down fema, let the free market handle this problem, to
, getting rid of fema. >> that is particularly a fascinating e.e. you are referring to his comment during one of the republican primary debates when he was asked directly, what would you do about fema? as part of your efforts to shrink the federal government, would you send fema's responsibilities back to the states? his immediate answer was, absolutely. he said, not only would that be a good idea, but possibly you would even turn it over to the private sector. raising ee prospect, what i...
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so far i think fema has done well. the real issue with that -- within the future, though -- this is not just a one-day, two-day, one-week response. fema will have to be on the job for a long time. the question is whether it has the resources and the ability necessary to make sure it's doing its job. >> brian, if there's one take-away from this article, from this feature, what would it be? what's important to learn from this superstorm? >> i think we need to deal with climate change. that's incredibly important. it did play a role in this disaster. certainly a major storm. you need to do that. >> all right. >> also how can we build a city that's more resilient so we don't have to worry about this in the future. >> all right. brian, thank you very much. appreciate it. if you want to continue to watch cnn from your smartphone or computer, log to cnn.com. cnn newsroom continues right after this. to help those in nee. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his
so far i think fema has done well. the real issue with that -- within the future, though -- this is not just a one-day, two-day, one-week response. fema will have to be on the job for a long time. the question is whether it has the resources and the ability necessary to make sure it's doing its job. >> brian, if there's one take-away from this article, from this feature, what would it be? what's important to learn from this superstorm? >> i think we need to deal with climate change....
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which certainly helps when it's a job you're reapplying for the president's been in close contact with fema. and all the agencies of course obama is the president bush's advisers say means he needs to focus on the crisis at hand in terms of how it affects the election i don't think anybody really knows obviously we want unfettered access to the polls but it's a choice that doesn't sit well with some political opponents you'll notice he's counseling his troops over the hurricane he did not cancel his trip over benghazi. and then those republican presidential contender mitt romney so far he stops ending fund raising e-mail isn't affected states he used his campaign bus for relief efforts and put up a blog with weather related advice he's also scrap schedule campaign events only it seems there are some fine print involved this may look like romney's campaigning in ohio a key swing state but his advisors say that's not the case the so-called victory rally was canceled out of sensitivity. instead of the campaign insists this is a hurricane relief event canned goods came hand in hand with anti ob
which certainly helps when it's a job you're reapplying for the president's been in close contact with fema. and all the agencies of course obama is the president bush's advisers say means he needs to focus on the crisis at hand in terms of how it affects the election i don't think anybody really knows obviously we want unfettered access to the polls but it's a choice that doesn't sit well with some political opponents you'll notice he's counseling his troops over the hurricane he did not...
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fema's chief said now that search and rescue is over, power is a top priority. >> we are moving into the mass care part of this disaster and that is going to be driven by the power restoration and getting people power back. >> fema said the government plans to pay 100% of the bill to restore power. >> can't get over those pictures. >>> our weather now, rain last night. >> some sprinkles today. folks in the north bay, it was wet all night for halloween. we got breaks in san jose, but we saw rain, half inch in the heaviest locations. clear outside right now. where the rain showers have gone, moving off in this direction. light scattered showers, a few drop ins san jose this morning. rainfall accumulation. you can see it decreases as you get south towards san jose. good news about the rain, the thing i like, it really does start to help the fire danger. till we are into had winter and the days -- you know, rain helps. good news there. fire danger high. we can see the wind events. 65 in san raff el. 68 oakland. -- san rafael, 68 oakland. highs this weekend, warmer. we will have that in a
fema's chief said now that search and rescue is over, power is a top priority. >> we are moving into the mass care part of this disaster and that is going to be driven by the power restoration and getting people power back. >> fema said the government plans to pay 100% of the bill to restore power. >> can't get over those pictures. >>> our weather now, rain last night. >> some sprinkles today. folks in the north bay, it was wet all night for halloween. we got...
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fema is supposed to come tomorrow. we called all the insurance people, you know, as much as we can do on our end. >> our reporter brian todd tell us that the american red cross is on the scene. have you seen them on staten island? >> no, i have not seen the red cross. but, like i said, i'm not in, we got flooded out, but there are people who have lost their homes and there's nothing left. >> there are people who have lost, there are people who lost their lives, including two boys whose bodies were found today. >> exactly. exactly. >> you're familiar with what, not only the devastation, but the death, especially on staten island. were you at all prepared for what happened there? did anyone give you an indication this was about to unfold? >> not a all, wolf. not at all. we are not even in an evacuation zone. we are zone "b" and we were not told of anything. in fact, it was so calm, wolf. i said to my husband, i think i'm going to go to bed. it was so calm, just a little wind. all of a sudden my 11-year-old didn't look ou
fema is supposed to come tomorrow. we called all the insurance people, you know, as much as we can do on our end. >> our reporter brian todd tell us that the american red cross is on the scene. have you seen them on staten island? >> no, i have not seen the red cross. but, like i said, i'm not in, we got flooded out, but there are people who have lost their homes and there's nothing left. >> there are people who have lost, there are people who lost their lives, including two...
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. >> we are also hearing a lot about fema and mitt romney's position on fema. yesterday he dodged a lot of questions about it in ohio. >> reporter: yeah, and the obama campaign and other democrats are pointing to comments romney made way back in june of 2011 at a cnn republican presidential debate. take a listen. >> fema is about to run out of money and there are some people who say do it on a case-by-case basis and some people say the state should take on a bigger role. how do you deal with that? >> every time you take something from the federal government you need to send it back to the states. that's the right direction. you can go further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. >> reporter: john king at that debate back in 2011. yesterday mitt romney at a campaign event converted to a disaster relief event in ohio and was asked by reporters a number of times about what he would do with fema. take a listen to what he said. >> reporter: governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> reporter: what would you do with fema? >> y
. >> we are also hearing a lot about fema and mitt romney's position on fema. yesterday he dodged a lot of questions about it in ohio. >> reporter: yeah, and the obama campaign and other democrats are pointing to comments romney made way back in june of 2011 at a cnn republican presidential debate. take a listen. >> fema is about to run out of money and there are some people who say do it on a case-by-case basis and some people say the state should take on a bigger role. how...
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as for the federal government's response, we just had a conference call with fema. they have about $3.6 billion left in their disaster contingency fund. that's as of october 26th. they're also saying that president obama when he made that major disaster declaration for new jersey and for new york, he did that verbally. what that meant was they were able to cut through a lot of the red tape and move this process along and get the response going even before the disaster happened. they're also saying that fema is dispatching housing inspectors to go out and take a look at the claims. they want to avoid any kind of massive fraud problems. they say they've been able to bring that down over the past couple years. they'd like to continue to do that. they're going to have boots on the ground verifying some of these housing disaster claims in person. so a lot of response here from the federal government across the board. so far, the folks at fema telling us they think they have enough money to do the job. >> all right. thanks so much, eamon javers. >> and from government los
as for the federal government's response, we just had a conference call with fema. they have about $3.6 billion left in their disaster contingency fund. that's as of october 26th. they're also saying that president obama when he made that major disaster declaration for new jersey and for new york, he did that verbally. what that meant was they were able to cut through a lot of the red tape and move this process along and get the response going even before the disaster happened. they're also...
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fema doesn't go in and take over the disaster. they go in and supplement the states and local governments. that's their role and responsibility. >> james lee witt, thank you, sir. we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> still ahead we'll bring you the very latest update on what's happening in queens. we've been telling you about that fire burning out of control in the rockaways. they've made some progress on that fire. we'll bring you the latest. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> welcome back, everybody. 50 homes burned to the ground. another two dozen homes engaged in major fire taking place in the rockaway section at breezy point in queens, new york. the new york fire department updating us, saying there are pockets of fire. the fire is still smoldering. we continue to
fema doesn't go in and take over the disaster. they go in and supplement the states and local governments. that's their role and responsibility. >> james lee witt, thank you, sir. we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> still ahead we'll bring you the very latest update on what's happening in queens. we've been telling you about that fire burning out of control in the rockaways. they've made some progress on that fire. we'll bring you the latest. [ woman ]...
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or d, we utilize the generators that are available to us, and primarily through fema. so i think that we want to ensure the right to vote, all the efforts must be made to make sure the polling places, people can primarily go to the place that they normally go to vote. and that all of our efforts as government leaders, regardless of party, but certainly as mayor of the city of philadelphia, i'm going to do everything i can to make sure all of our polling places are in working, operating order. i don't think we have any at this point that are without power. but i have ever confidence that governor corbett and his team, the secretary of the commonwealth, well make sure that the polling places are operating, either under their own power or with generators. and that is how we should approach it. >> and mayor, i know you have a very busy schedule because you're dealing with this, and with the election, just three days. three days to the election. and i'm just being honest here, of course we want to encourage everybody to vote, let's be realistic. when you saw the woman who l
or d, we utilize the generators that are available to us, and primarily through fema. so i think that we want to ensure the right to vote, all the efforts must be made to make sure the polling places, people can primarily go to the place that they normally go to vote. and that all of our efforts as government leaders, regardless of party, but certainly as mayor of the city of philadelphia, i'm going to do everything i can to make sure all of our polling places are in working, operating order. i...
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. >> i was on the phone with fema at 2:00 a.m. to answer the questions they needed answered to get that designation. >> reporter: the atlantic boardwalk once packed with tourists is filled with debris and the roller coaster is surrounded by ocean. beach communities are digging out from the dunes that once protected them. >> it will be a while cleaning up from this one. >> reporter: the lights are still out in the city that never sleeps. babies and elderly were evacuated from a new york city hospital when the back-up generator failed. tunnels, subways and streets are under water thanks to a 13 foot storm surge that pounded new york. >> make no mistake, this was a devastating storm. >> reporter: now the hard work begins, cleaning up and making sure everyone is safe. as far as the clean up is concerned, it will take months to get back to normal. reporting live in cape may, new jersey, i'm danielle leigh, back to you. >>> a tall ship crew member with ties to california. the coast guard says 42-year-old claudene christian died at the h
. >> i was on the phone with fema at 2:00 a.m. to answer the questions they needed answered to get that designation. >> reporter: the atlantic boardwalk once packed with tourists is filled with debris and the roller coaster is surrounded by ocean. beach communities are digging out from the dunes that once protected them. >> it will be a while cleaning up from this one. >> reporter: the lights are still out in the city that never sleeps. babies and elderly were evacuated...
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how is fema responding? >> i visited with fema yet at the federal staging area. i will say initially i was somewhat concerned because there were some forest service assets on the ground. they obviously were involved in a search and rescue mission. that's critically important. as the search and rescue mission begins to wind down, i had emphasized the need for the forest service to get on the streets. you cannot drive anywhere on long island or virtually anywhere on long island without having to detour because there is a tree blocking the way and a tree that has brought power lines down with it. so i'd asked fema to ratchet up their response to help with the removal of downed trees. about an hour later, i must say, i received word from fema that they had asked the national forest service to not only deploy assets but deploy additional assets. there are about 40 forest service personnel on long island when i had asked. they put an additional 40 yesterday. i'm told that there's an additional 40 on the way right now. >> congressman steve israel, sir, thanks for taking
how is fema responding? >> i visited with fema yet at the federal staging area. i will say initially i was somewhat concerned because there were some forest service assets on the ground. they obviously were involved in a search and rescue mission. that's critically important. as the search and rescue mission begins to wind down, i had emphasized the need for the forest service to get on the streets. you cannot drive anywhere on long island or virtually anywhere on long island without...
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the head of fema over there. they've been speaking with some local residents after touring the jersey shore. they've been speaking with some of the first responders as well who are there. they're in brigantine, new jersey, right now. we expect momentarily the president to be making a speech or saying a few words about what he saw when he toured that shoreline with governor christie and others aboard marine one. a video from that tour will be feeding in shortly. we'll show it to our viewers as well. we understand pretty dramatic scenes the president was watching what's going on. let's see if we can eavesdrop a little bit, see what the president's saying. >> hard to hear what the head of fema is saying. you see governor christie right behind him. apparently we're told he's speaking to a woman who was rather emotional telling her story of what happened. and there have been so many stories. millions and millions of people have been affected by hurricane sandy. this was the superstorm that hit 48 hours or so ago and c
the head of fema over there. they've been speaking with some local residents after touring the jersey shore. they've been speaking with some of the first responders as well who are there. they're in brigantine, new jersey, right now. we expect momentarily the president to be making a speech or saying a few words about what he saw when he toured that shoreline with governor christie and others aboard marine one. a video from that tour will be feeding in shortly. we'll show it to our viewers as...
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>> i need fema to be. there i got a call from fema headquarters that they'll have a squad there tomorrow attached to me. >> so they'll be there tomorrow. >> absolutely, he said. and then we'll go toward staten island. people need someone to speak to. how do i get help? from whom do i get help? how do my children go to school? they have no clothes, they have no home. these are questions that should be answered by government. to do for people what people can't do for themselves. there are no answers. >> we want to touch base with your mom and if that team doesn't show up, will you let us know? >> absolutely. i want to thank you to give us the publicity that we need. thank you very, very much. god bless you. god bless you. >> thank you very much. let us know what you think. follow us on twitter @anderson cooper. i'm in an area where twitter actually works. i'll be tweeting downtown where i actually live and lou every manhattan where a lot of people live, no internet service, no phone, no electricity. just ahe
>> i need fema to be. there i got a call from fema headquarters that they'll have a squad there tomorrow attached to me. >> so they'll be there tomorrow. >> absolutely, he said. and then we'll go toward staten island. people need someone to speak to. how do i get help? from whom do i get help? how do my children go to school? they have no clothes, they have no home. these are questions that should be answered by government. to do for people what people can't do for themselves....